Hasegawa "George" – July 2018

“Out-of-the-box build, great fit, no hassles,” says Achilles after building Hasegawa’s 1/48 scale Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden Kai. He spent all of 25 hours on his “George,” painting with Tamiya and Testors colors over a base coat of Testors Metalizer aluminum strategically revealed to depict Pacific-style chipping. He produced fading with custom-mixed colors and applied a thinned yellow to replicate corrosion. Achilles masked and painted the national insignia.